Rusk vs Shadybrook

A side-by-side comparison of Rusk and Shadybrook: population, income, housing, and more.

Rusk and Shadybrook are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rusk has the higher population (5,332 vs 2,649 in Shadybrook). Shadybrook has the higher median household income ($66,373 vs $60,119 in Rusk). Shadybrook has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $153,500 in Rusk).

Population, income & housing

	Rusk	Shadybrook
Population	5,332	2,649
Median age	39.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,119	$66,373
Median home value	$153,500	$226,900
Median gross rent	$876	$979
Housing units	1,153	1,187
Homeownership rate	61.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rusk	Shadybrook
Population	5,559 → 5,332 (-4.1%)	2,065 → 2,649 (+28.3%)
Median household income	$53,109 → $60,119 (+13.2%)	$60,216 → $66,373 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $153,500 (+82.1%)	$67,900 → $226,900 (+234.2%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $876 (-4.9%)	$796 → $979 (+23.0%)

Rusk

Population

5,5595,332

Median household income

$53,109$60,119

Median home value

$84,300$153,500

Median gross rent

$921$876

Shadybrook

Population

2,0652,649

Median household income

$60,216$66,373

Median home value

$67,900$226,900

Median gross rent

$796$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rusk	Shadybrook
Under 5	6.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	8.5%	27.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	21.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.4%
75 and over	3.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rusk	Shadybrook
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	86.4%
Black or African American	29.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rusk	Shadybrook
No high school diploma	31.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rusk	Shadybrook
Drove alone	59.9%	50.7%
Carpooled	12.8%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rusk	Shadybrook
1-unit, detached	80.8%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	51.6%

Poverty & households

	Rusk	Shadybrook
Poverty rate	11.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1983	2000